Venezuela: Relatives of burnt soldier await justice

06.12.04 | Ángel and Elsa Pedreáńez, parents of soldier Ángel Ciro Pedreáńez, who died from serious burns he was inflicted while in a punitive cell of Fort Mara in northwestern Zulia State, Monday appeared before the Attorney General's Office in Maracaibo to get information on the progress authorities have made in the investigations on their son's death.

The Pedreáńez said they do not have information on the status of four people who last week were indicted in connection with this case.

"I trust in God and hope justice will be made," Elsa Pedreáńez said.

They claimed that they know only two of the doctors the regional Attorney General's Office indicted in connection with Ángel Ciro Pedreáńez' death